Brittle Bladderfern vs Jamaican Fig-eating Bat

Cystopteris tenuis compared with Ariteus flavescens

Key Differences

• Brittle Bladderfern is Not Evaluated while Jamaican Fig-eating Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brittle Bladderfern	Jamaican Fig-eating Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Cystopteridaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Cystopteris	Ariteus
Species	Cystopteris tenuis	Ariteus flavescens

Conservation Status

Brittle Bladderfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Jamaican Fig-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brittle Bladderfern	Jamaican Fig-eating Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brittle Bladderfern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Jamaican Fig-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Brittle Bladderfern

The Brittle Bladderfern (Cystopteris tenuis) is a species in the genus Cystopteris. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.